Arkansas FCU Member is SuperBowl-Bound

January 13, 2006, 1:00 a.m. EST 1 Min Read

JACKSONVILLE, Ark. - (01/13/06) One lucky member of ArkansasFCU and a companion are headed to Detroit for this yearsSuper Bowl, courtesy of Visa USA. Augustine Lachowski, of FortSmith, Ark., won two tickets and a trip to the NFL championshipgame by simply using his AFCU Visa card. Lackoswky and thousands ofVisa users were automatically entered into the lottery for twoSuper Bowl tickets when they used their Visa cards, or by enteringthe contest online at visa.com/nfl. The $410 million credit unionwas among hundreds that participated in Visas 2005 NFLnational promotion, which awarded fans different prizes each weekduring the football season. More than 1,000 members of the creditunion had a chance to win a variety of prizes, including Super BowlXL trip packages, plasma TVs, NFL Shop.com gift certificates andmore. No purchase was necessary.

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